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Archbishop backs anti-death campaign

Staff Reporter

KANNUR: The Archbishop of Thalassery, George Valiyamattom, has given his signature in support of the `Human Rights Memorial' calling for abolition of death sentence, to be handed over to the State and Central Governments in connection with the `Anti-Death Sentence Convention' in Thiruvananthapuram on May 1.

The convention district convener said in a press release here today that the Archbishop was among many noted individuals who supported the campaign. Several delegates from the district will participate in the convention to be held at VJT Hall.

The release said that M.A. Baby (Communist Party of India-Marxist), M.M. John (Congress), K. Raman Pillai (Bharatiya Janata Party), C.K. Abdul Azeez (People's Democratic Party), S. Sathyapal (Revolutionary Socialist Party), Varghese George (Janata Dal), G. Ashokan (Rashtriya Mahasabha), Fr. George Pulikutthiyil (Jana Neethi) and P.J. James (CPI-ML) would be among those participating in a symposium in connection with the convention in the morning. K. Venu, social activist, will preside over the function, the release said. The inaugural session will be held at 12 noon. Social and cultural figures including S. Balaraman, M.K. Sanu, B. Rajeevan, Lenin Rajendran, Rajan Gurukkal and T.V. Chandran, will speak at the inaugural session.

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